So Dick wants to do an "end run" around Dumbass and bomb Iran. He's got his "aide" running around to the RW "think" tanks beating the war drum. Which makes me wonder WHAT Dick was up to on that bizarre Mideast tour he did last week. A guy with deep vein thrombosis doesn't need to be flying around the world in an airstream trailer inside a cargo jet for nothing. What did he say to these guys? What deals did he cut?
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2857722Report: Cheney aide clearing path to bomb IranVice President Dick Cheney believes the US should not be pursuing a diplomatic path with Iran, and a senior aide to the vice president has been meeting with national security think tanks and consultants in Washington to "help establish the policy and political pathway to bombing Iran," Steve Clemons reported Thursday on his blog, The Washington Note.
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The Cheney aide, who has met with policy hands of the American Enterprise Institute along with other groups, "has stated to several Washington insiders that Cheney is planning to deploy an 'end run strategy' around the President if he and his team lose the policy argument," according to Clemons.
US Vice President Dick Cheney, seen here 11 May 2007 (C), is heading to Saudi Arabia to seek its aid in Iraq,
two months after close US ally King Abdullah slammed the "illegitimate foreign occupation" of that war-torn land.
AFP/File/Olivier Knox)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070512/photos_wl_me_afp/ec6684ea45fcbcaa2b33a8ddf6153cd0 Sat May 12 - US Vice President Dick Cheney (R) meets with Emirati President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan
at the al-Bateen Palace in Abu Dhabi.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070512/photos_wl_me_afp/1301e87c8f195c60ccce8e6e56b2db30 Sat May 12- This handout picture by the Emirates News Agency WAM shows
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan(R) meeting with
US Vice President Dick Cheney in Abu Dhabi. Cheney is on a Middle East tour to
seek more help from US allies to quell violence in Iraq and limit Iran's influence
in the region.(AFP/WAM-HO)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070511/photos_wl_me_afp/8b1e7555a9e3c2fdfdec09690f4a8121Sat May 12 - A picture released by the Saudi Press Agency shows US Vice President Dick Cheney(L) in talks with
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz during their meeting in the northern Saudi Arabian town of Tabuk.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/photos_ts_wl_afp/ac5ded259bf0e65c180e8a0a960599be Vice President Dick Cheney is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Francis Ricciardone as he arrives at
Cairo International Airport in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 13, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/481/e1689b452ad84ec1ac1561e12f90fc7eVice President Dick Cheney talks to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo May 13, 2007.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070514/photos_pl/2007_05_14t161328_450x306_us_iraq_cheney Vice President Dick Cheney meets with Egyptian Defense Minister Said Tantawi at Al-Ittihadia Palace
Sunday, May 13, 2007, in Cairo
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070513/481/ae97c4f61d2d4ef5aa4b4f7845b2caab Mon May 14 - US Vice President Dick Cheney (L) meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman.
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070514/photos_pl_afp/6e8da95be2b097c8a75249c5052c8720U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, 2nd left, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah, 2nd right, in Aqaba,
Jordan Monday May 14, 2007. Left to right on the American side are U.S. Ambassador to Jordan David Hale,
Cheney, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, and National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah. On the
Jordanian side, right to left, are international relations director Jaafar Hassan, intelligence chief
Mohammad Dhahabi, King Abdullah, and communications director Amjad Adaileh. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070514/481/jorgh10405140802 Vice President Dick Cheney boards Air Force Two as he departs King Hussein International Airport in Aquba,
Jordan Sunday May 13, 2007. He was heading for Egypt to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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